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the president returned to washington today. he cut his hawaiian vacation short to get back to the white house for any possible last minute fiscal cliff meetings and it appears there will be one tomorrow. harris? >> well, what kind of response is the president getting from lawmakers at this point? >> well, senate republicans say they are willing to listen to any ideas the president has as to how to find a way forward. here is more. >> last night i told the president we would be happy to look at whatever he proposes. but the truth is we are coming up against a hard deadline here. and as i said, this is a conversation we should have is had months ago. and republicans aren't about to write a blank check for anything senate democrats put forward just because we find ourselves at the edge of the cliff. >> the senate is in session and this is the first time either the house or senate has been in session for legislative business between christmas and new year's since 1970. harris? >> harris: not to put too fine a point on, it i guess i
the president returned to washington today. he cut his hawaiian vacation short to get back to the white house for any possible last minute fiscal cliff meetings and it appears there will be one tomorrow. harris? >> well, what kind of response is the president getting from lawmakers at this point? >> well, senate republicans say they are willing to listen to any ideas the president has as to how to find a way forward. here is more. >> last night i told the president we would be...
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is washington the most polarized that it's ever been? some senators saying they've never seen this kind of polarization before in their entire time there. in fact, senator joe lieberman leaving office now in sort of an exit interview, saying he's never seen it more polarized. >> gretchen: he's calling the partisanship a cancer. here is a quote from the article in that interview. i'm not saying i was always right, i'll leave that to god and history. but i believed i was doing what i thought was right and people didn't just disagree with me. there was hatred. but i'm not alone in that. you can take the last three presidents, clinton, bush, obama and people haven't just disagreed with them, they've hated them. to me, that's really terrible. that's a cancer that's eating at our politics. >> rick: he also said that even with the last three presidents being worse than he's ever seen, the last two years have been absolutely the worse that there has been an amount of inability to work together and compromise and it's completely stopping our syst
is washington the most polarized that it's ever been? some senators saying they've never seen this kind of polarization before in their entire time there. in fact, senator joe lieberman leaving office now in sort of an exit interview, saying he's never seen it more polarized. >> gretchen: he's calling the partisanship a cancer. here is a quote from the article in that interview. i'm not saying i was always right, i'll leave that to god and history. but i believed i was doing what i...
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fox business network's peter barnes joins us now live from washington. peter? >> reporter: megyn, no sign of any plan c. no sign of any negotiations and signs that some folks up here are starting to look for their parachutes a the fiscal cliff comes more into view. after pulling his plan b last night, speaker boehner this morning put the ball into the president's court and. >> the senate democrats court. he said they could start to try to avoid this by passing the house extension of all the bush tax cuts for everyone passed back in august but he says that republicans still want a deal that would involve tax reform and significant spending cuts but he also didn't sound confident on how to get there. >> many of us believe on both sides of the aisle the fundamental reform of our tax code will help us get our economy moving faster and put more americans back to work, and more americans on the tax rolls. how we get there, god only knows. >> americans are not fooled by the speaker's phony procedural excuses for failing to bring this solution to a vote. they're tired
fox business network's peter barnes joins us now live from washington. peter? >> reporter: megyn, no sign of any plan c. no sign of any negotiations and signs that some folks up here are starting to look for their parachutes a the fiscal cliff comes more into view. after pulling his plan b last night, speaker boehner this morning put the ball into the president's court and. >> the senate democrats court. he said they could start to try to avoid this by passing the house extension of...
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winston churchill made a surprise visit to washington, d.c. and the sea spirit of the holiday season amidst all of the chaos was not lost on him. >> we may cast aside for this night at least the dangers which beset us and make all of children an evening of happiness in a world of storm. >> sean: churchill would stay with president roosevelt for three weeks addressing a joint session of congress and going to church with the president. the remarkable period just a small part of a best sell ising book the last lion. it is the third volume of the churchill biography started by william manchester and completed by paul reid who joins me now. a remarkable man, churchill. one of the remarkable figures in history. before we get to this moment, how long was he an outcast and viewed as an extremist in great britain? >> pretty much h his whole political life. >> sean: before and after his time as prime minister? >> absolutely. early in the century he had switched from the conservative party to the liberal party and as he said later i ratted which is their
winston churchill made a surprise visit to washington, d.c. and the sea spirit of the holiday season amidst all of the chaos was not lost on him. >> we may cast aside for this night at least the dangers which beset us and make all of children an evening of happiness in a world of storm. >> sean: churchill would stay with president roosevelt for three weeks addressing a joint session of congress and going to church with the president. the remarkable period just a small part of a best...
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in washington, craig bosswell, fox news. heather: thank you, craig. in the wake of the 2011 tsunami and destroyed parts of japan and crippled this nuclear plant a group of sailors from the uss reagan rushed into help. now they say the japanese government lied through their teeth about the radiation dangers and now they're suing. our legal panel weighs in. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and then. but now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] she's right behind me isn't she? [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. heather: welcome back. a new study is revealing a scary trend in this country. the number of americans getting routine cancer screenings has dropped over the past decade. a common test, seeing the drop often include mammograms for breast cancer, pap tests for cervical cancer and colonoscopies for colon and rec call cancer. so why are more americans skipping these
in washington, craig bosswell, fox news. heather: thank you, craig. in the wake of the 2011 tsunami and destroyed parts of japan and crippled this nuclear plant a group of sailors from the uss reagan rushed into help. now they say the japanese government lied through their teeth about the radiation dangers and now they're suing. our legal panel weighs in. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was...
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"special report" from washington starts at 6:00 eastern. now back to new york and my colleagues with "the five." ♪ ♪ gregg yeah. so the racist if do and race fist they don't. adolf reed writes in the "new york times" while the republican nomination of tim scott to be the first southern black senator since reconstruction seems like a milestone, it ain't. because scott is not a lefty. according to adolf, ivy league professor, black republicans don't count because they have "been more tokens than signs of progress." for proof adolf points out that scott is staunchly antitax, antiunion, and antiabortion. so i guess adolf thinks all blacks are for high taxes, unions and abortions. no stereotyping there. to say this is racist is pointless. right now we're just deciding how racist it is. i guess to adolf scott is just another cornball brother. this is the big leagues of stupidity, which can only mean the ivy league. political correctness and narrow minded twattal like reed passes as scholarship. this is analysis with the depth of a cereal box
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the dea can go after important investigation in colorado and washington but they don't go after your 'cuz whon will smoke a joint on thanksgiving day. that is the simple fact of it. but the trafficking organizations are more important. that drivers up the street price. only hardcore addicts don't care about the price. totally taking the stigma off marijuana is dangerous. it makes you stupid. >> dana: bob, we won't answer that question but i can tell you i have not. >> eric: i haven't also but what is point. make a point. you ask a dramatic question, now make the point. >> bob: it wasn't dramatic. >> eric: 4% said no. now what -- 40% said no. >> bob: i think -- >> greg: this raises the question that law enforcement is having issue if they eliminate everyone who is experimented -- i hate that phrase with narcotics or light narcotics or whatever they call pot. the size of the force would be limited to a local fair kissing booth. they are running out of people. you can't eliminate good people. >> dana: this is weird you can't work for the federal government -- if you take a drug test and
the dea can go after important investigation in colorado and washington but they don't go after your 'cuz whon will smoke a joint on thanksgiving day. that is the simple fact of it. but the trafficking organizations are more important. that drivers up the street price. only hardcore addicts don't care about the price. totally taking the stigma off marijuana is dangerous. it makes you stupid. >> dana: bob, we won't answer that question but i can tell you i have not. >> eric: i...
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. >> right now the spending that we have in washington d.c. is affecting this country. >> i hope the speaker and his republican party will be here, democrats, working to finish the task in reaching an agreement to avert the fiscal cliff. >> barrasso said president obama is eager to go over the fiscal cliff. senator barrasso joins us. well, why do you say that? >> well, i think the president sees political victory at the bottom of the cliff in term of the increased tax money coming in that he can spend for other programs. i think he sees a lot of cut to the military which the democrats have been after for a long time and then he gets to do what he loves to do, is to blame republicans. my concern is that i actually see financial problems for our nation at the bottom of the cliff and that's why i want to get a solution. >> tomorrow do you think it's going to be the beginning of the emergency meeting at the white house, is it the beginning of a deal or is it a political drama? >> my concern is it may be a political charade by the president and har
. >> right now the spending that we have in washington d.c. is affecting this country. >> i hope the speaker and his republican party will be here, democrats, working to finish the task in reaching an agreement to avert the fiscal cliff. >> barrasso said president obama is eager to go over the fiscal cliff. senator barrasso joins us. well, why do you say that? >> well, i think the president sees political victory at the bottom of the cliff in term of the increased tax...
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carl cameron joins us live in washington. so he has a lot of problems with conservatives right now, car. >> reporter: sure it's not just off the hill. some of the members on the hill. fiscal conservatives are once again whispering, in some cases outwardly and openly explaining about house speaker john boehner and his handling of the negotiations with the white house. john boehner's proposal to increase revenue $800 billion by closing tax loopholes and reforming the code has real problems for some house republicans, most of whom actually campaigned promising to at least hold the line if not cut taxes. this week john boehner tossed four con s*efr teufs known fo conservatives offer key committees. the budget committee and the financial services committee. those four members are complaining but their removal from the committee and john boehner's proposal are supported by majority eric cantor. kevin mccarthy and paul ryan. this is a low-boil kind of an internal fight right now. there is big concern among fiscal conservatives on an
carl cameron joins us live in washington. so he has a lot of problems with conservatives right now, car. >> reporter: sure it's not just off the hill. some of the members on the hill. fiscal conservatives are once again whispering, in some cases outwardly and openly explaining about house speaker john boehner and his handling of the negotiations with the white house. john boehner's proposal to increase revenue $800 billion by closing tax loopholes and reforming the code has real problems...
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a brand-new poll shining light on why washington is such a mess. chris stirewalt explains wait could mean for our immediate future. one of the most dramatic scenes coming out of michigan. angry demonstrator attacked a tent that was set up about it supporters of the right to work law. we'll peak to a woman who was in that tent. you know how painful heartburn can be. for fast, long lasting relief, use doctor recommended gaviscon®. only gaviscon® forms a protective barrier that helps block stomach acid from splashing up- relieving the pain quickly. try fast, long lasting gaviscon®. well, having a ton of locations doesn't hurt. and a santa to boot! [ chuckles ] right, baby. oh, sir. that is a customer. oh...sorry about that. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. fedex office. >> we are getting this new image of the suspected gunman. his name according to the authorities is jacob tyler roberts it appears according to police he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. here are the photos of the victims dyed who died in that attack. new vide
a brand-new poll shining light on why washington is such a mess. chris stirewalt explains wait could mean for our immediate future. one of the most dramatic scenes coming out of michigan. angry demonstrator attacked a tent that was set up about it supporters of the right to work law. we'll peak to a woman who was in that tent. you know how painful heartburn can be. for fast, long lasting relief, use doctor recommended gaviscon®. only gaviscon® forms a protective barrier that helps block...
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he still talks about washington as if he is not in washington. okay? my point on this is why is anyone going home or why is anyone taking much of a break until this thing is decided and agreed upon? your response. >> well, i think the president is facing a dysfunctional house of representatives. john boehner speaker of the house couldn't get his own plan passed this week. and i think he he is frustrated by the fact that he is dealing with a guy who can't deliver on any promises. on the senate side, the senate passed a bill last summer that would keep the bush tax cuts in place for everybody that makes $250,000 a year or less. it's been sitting over in the house. they could vote on it tomorrow. boehner won't vote on it. >> laura: we could play that game all day long because republicans sent bill after bill to the senate, right? >> right. >> they have been sending bills back and forth. nothing happening on both sides. we could do that until we ring in the new year. legislation. there is a problem. we have a republican house of representatives. look, repu
he still talks about washington as if he is not in washington. okay? my point on this is why is anyone going home or why is anyone taking much of a break until this thing is decided and agreed upon? your response. >> well, i think the president is facing a dysfunctional house of representatives. john boehner speaker of the house couldn't get his own plan passed this week. and i think he he is frustrated by the fact that he is dealing with a guy who can't deliver on any promises. on the...
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he still talks about washington as if he is not in washington. okay? my point on this is why is anyone going home or why is anyone taking much of a break until this thing is decided and agreed upon? your response. >> well, i think the president is facing a dysfunctional house of representatives. john boehner speaker of the house couldn't get his own plan passed this week. and i think he he is frustrated by the fact that he is dealing with a guy who can't deliver on any promises. on the senate side, the senate passed a bill last summer that would keep the bush tax cuts in place for everybody that makes $250,000 a year or less. it's been sitting over in the house. they could vote on it tomorrow. boehner won't vote on it. >> laura: we could play that game all day long because republicans sent bill after bill to the senate, right? >> right. >> they have been sending bills back and forth. nothing happening on both sides. we could do that until we ring in the new year. legislation. there is a problem. we have a republican house of representatives. look, repu
he still talks about washington as if he is not in washington. okay? my point on this is why is anyone going home or why is anyone taking much of a break until this thing is decided and agreed upon? your response. >> well, i think the president is facing a dysfunctional house of representatives. john boehner speaker of the house couldn't get his own plan passed this week. and i think he he is frustrated by the fact that he is dealing with a guy who can't deliver on any promises. on the...
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everyone in washington does. that is the dirty secret and no one will talk about it. >> he said the principles were paramount, more important than republican orthodoxcy and he is cut and run. greg high said he could pursue his principles better by advocating on behalf of the heritage foundation and giving money to organizations to push our cause. >> it is another sign of the disarray on the right. since the election, this has totally spun out-of-control. >> you are the outsider, railing at the gates and you go to the insider heritage foundation for $1.5 million. god bless his soul. >>gregg: the grand barring on would raise the eligibility for medicare and, also, increase medicare premiums to the rich, upper income earners. is that workable? >> it is workable. the means testing i, c.p.i. gets lost in the equation and raising the age is --. >>gregg: the president is doing which? >> i don't know but if he get as big deal that stabilizes the economy --. >>gregg: you say no? >> i don't think the democrats will go with
everyone in washington does. that is the dirty secret and no one will talk about it. >> he said the principles were paramount, more important than republican orthodoxcy and he is cut and run. greg high said he could pursue his principles better by advocating on behalf of the heritage foundation and giving money to organizations to push our cause. >> it is another sign of the disarray on the right. since the election, this has totally spun out-of-control. >> you are the...
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although it really might be ambassador chris stevens' fault and so it goes in washington. hello and welcome to "justice." i'm judge jeanine pirro. from the beginning the shouting by the white house about a protest in that depickable video there were whispers about chris stevens himself being somehow responsible. >> they had a mission. and they believed in it. they knew the danger. and they accepted it. >> chris understood that diplomats must operate in many places where soldiers do not. where there are no other boots on the ground and security is far from guaranteed. >> judge jeanine: really? ambassador stevens was not in the military. he was a civilian diplomat. the board also found that ambassador stevens made the decision himself to travel to benghazi in se independently of washington and they wrote he did so with minimum close protection security. they not only write at that time plans were not adequate but then say as the president's personal representative the chief of the mission here ambassador stevens bears direct and full responsibility for the security of the mi
although it really might be ambassador chris stevens' fault and so it goes in washington. hello and welcome to "justice." i'm judge jeanine pirro. from the beginning the shouting by the white house about a protest in that depickable video there were whispers about chris stevens himself being somehow responsible. >> they had a mission. and they believed in it. they knew the danger. and they accepted it. >> chris understood that diplomats must operate in many places where...
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does washington ever change its tone or their debate? let's ask the man who served in the white house of policy. good morning to you, peter, and welcome to the show. >> good morning. glad to be here. >> clayton: does this ever change? i moon, 1990, it sounds like we're going over the exact same things again here in 2012. >> what's most immediately relevant is what happened as a result of that package. the spending cuts were never really enacted. the tax increases pushed the economy into recession. and so the deficit increased rather than declined. so it went from 220 billion in 1990 to 269 billion in 1991, 290 billion in 1992. i think that's directly relevant today because i think the obama tax increases are more likely to lose revenue rather than to gain revenue. for example -- >> clayton: we know what happened with president george h.w. bush, read my lips, no new tax and ended up going forward with some of those tax increases to part of the negotiation and democrats didn't come forward with entitlement cuts that were enough to actually
does washington ever change its tone or their debate? let's ask the man who served in the white house of policy. good morning to you, peter, and welcome to the show. >> good morning. glad to be here. >> clayton: does this ever change? i moon, 1990, it sounds like we're going over the exact same things again here in 2012. >> what's most immediately relevant is what happened as a result of that package. the spending cuts were never really enacted. the tax increases pushed the...
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senator michael crapo charged with drunken driving after a weekend arrest in washington, d.c. suburb over the weekend. idaho republican who has said he does not drink because of his mormon faith had a blood alcohol content of .11%. he issued apology accepting total responsibility for ips dent. in newtown, connecticut, a resident told reporters christmas will never be the same for the families who lost children and loved ones in the december 14 massacre. correspondent molly henneberg reports both sides of gun debate trying to develop a plan to keep the nation's chirp safe. >> the national rifle association may support plan to put armed officers at the nation's school bus lawmakers are less than enthusiastic about the idea, especially the democrats. dianne feinstein who is expected to introduce gun control legislation in january, called the nra idea "distraction." others suggest it might have the opposite effect on lawmakers. >> well, i think he is so extreme a tone deaf he actually helps the cause of us passing sensible gun legislation in the congress. >> we have 130,000 elemen
senator michael crapo charged with drunken driving after a weekend arrest in washington, d.c. suburb over the weekend. idaho republican who has said he does not drink because of his mormon faith had a blood alcohol content of .11%. he issued apology accepting total responsibility for ips dent. in newtown, connecticut, a resident told reporters christmas will never be the same for the families who lost children and loved ones in the december 14 massacre. correspondent molly henneberg reports...
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>>shepard: but it is washington and they will look at it and laugh. >> two inmates pulled off a daring escape from a skyscraper jail in downtown chicago. officials say they used bed sheets to make a 200' long rope, and squeezed out of a small window 20 stories up, and scaled down the outside of this high-rise lockup using their homemade rope. they are said to be the first to escape a federal facility in almost two decades. both are convicted bank robbers each facing a harsh sentence. fbi officials say they consider them armed and dangerous. trace has much more on this. how long before officials realized they were missing? you could have looked out the window. >>trace: they know that both of these guys were present for the 10:00 head count on monday night but the bed sheets were not seen until about 7:00 the next morning so this was about an 8 1/2 or nine hour gap the jump they could is gotten. they have been identified and we know that during the night the convicts went to the chicago suburbs and to the homes of his mother and his brother and now as you might imagine the neighbors are
>>shepard: but it is washington and they will look at it and laugh. >> two inmates pulled off a daring escape from a skyscraper jail in downtown chicago. officials say they used bed sheets to make a 200' long rope, and squeezed out of a small window 20 stories up, and scaled down the outside of this high-rise lockup using their homemade rope. they are said to be the first to escape a federal facility in almost two decades. both are convicted bank robbers each facing a harsh...
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help is on the way for hurricane sandy victims in washington. getting that money approved will not be easy. >>let white house sent letters to john boehner and harry reid requesting 60.4 billion saying after hurricane sandy they're funds necessary to finance. and there is impants . in dc money is quiet . speaker boehner said we have the request and we will view it they need to make sure they don't spend too much money they don't should saying it is our responsible to make sure they are giting the most . that i can sure they are times and targeted. governors of new york and jers. asked for it 79.billion and this is well short of governors and senators are thankful for the money and senators say it is it a tough fight in the congress given the fiscal cliff . members are not friendly to disaster relief. but the care has given a good head start. president obama signed an executive ordering the tax force . it will be shared by the secretary of housing and urban. >> and tough words from mike huckabee. when it comes to the bible. american is ignorant. >
help is on the way for hurricane sandy victims in washington. getting that money approved will not be easy. >>let white house sent letters to john boehner and harry reid requesting 60.4 billion saying after hurricane sandy they're funds necessary to finance. and there is impants . in dc money is quiet . speaker boehner said we have the request and we will view it they need to make sure they don't spend too much money they don't should saying it is our responsible to make sure they are...
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but in washington that is all the time in the world. this comes down to something on the cusp of christmas, christmas eve or new year's eve. there is a risk for both sides off the cliff. some say the burden is on the republicans that come to the deal. but big part of what the president second term is like. what he can do on a variety of other things is shaped by what happens here. there is a significant risk and students for both sides. >> to that point. there are republicans who say democrats want to go over this cliff. it would be tougher to get anything else done if the economy is in the tank at the beginning of next year. >> it would be tough to move the ball on other things. >> it would diminish capital that the president says. it would create ill will. more ill will than we see now. i think they believe there are things they could do quickly to mitigate the damage it would cause. if it would drive to us recession they could pull back on the rolling back the tax cut for the middle class. doing, undoing some of the sequester cuts. t
but in washington that is all the time in the world. this comes down to something on the cusp of christmas, christmas eve or new year's eve. there is a risk for both sides off the cliff. some say the burden is on the republicans that come to the deal. but big part of what the president second term is like. what he can do on a variety of other things is shaped by what happens here. there is a significant risk and students for both sides. >> to that point. there are republicans who say...
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shapiro for refusing to stand and say the pledge allegiance at a romney political rally and "washington
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this from the federal mediator in washington. "the container royalty payment issue has been agreed upon in principle by the parties subject to achieving an overall collective bargaining agreement. this allege saves americans from higher prices for many consumer goods. all of which would have been in short supply. as a strike would have frozen stack upon stack of containers. electronic. auto parts, airline part. computer component, tiles, manufacturered good, clothing not just things coming in from all over the world but also the u.s. products meant to sell overseas. >> so it's not just the local port area affected by the strike but the entire region and the state. going nationally as well. >> from boston to houston, these ports represent hundreds of billions of dollars worth of consumer goods that flow for distribution thousands of miles inland. thanks to both sides reaching a nearly last-minute agreement, none will see the picket signs sunday. >> economist worried if we do go off the fiscal cliff, it's now averted strike would h
this from the federal mediator in washington. "the container royalty payment issue has been agreed upon in principle by the parties subject to achieving an overall collective bargaining agreement. this allege saves americans from higher prices for many consumer goods. all of which would have been in short supply. as a strike would have frozen stack upon stack of containers. electronic. auto parts, airline part. computer component, tiles, manufacturered good, clothing not just things coming...
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democrats continue to run washington. what the president has proposed so far simply won't do anything to solve our spending problem. jon: president obama vows to press ahead on a solution before the january 1st deadline. the white house releasing a statement saying the president will work with congress to get this done, and we are hopeful that we will be able to find a bipartisan solution quickly that protects the middle class and our economy. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel live on capitol hill for us now. so where do discussions go now, mike, and what happened to plan b? [laughter] >> reporter: well, jon, good afternoon to you. all indications are that the focus shifts back to the talks between president obama and speaker john boehner to try to hammer out a deal. one would expect there may be a phone call or a meeting at some point. i've talked to aides on both sides of pennsylvania avenue, and they don't have anything to announce at this point, but you would expect that the two would get back on the phon
democrats continue to run washington. what the president has proposed so far simply won't do anything to solve our spending problem. jon: president obama vows to press ahead on a solution before the january 1st deadline. the white house releasing a statement saying the president will work with congress to get this done, and we are hopeful that we will be able to find a bipartisan solution quickly that protects the middle class and our economy. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel live...
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joining us now from washington to analyze both situations ms. laura ingraham. >> i have to put down my cell phone, hold on, go ahead. >> bill: thank you, ms. laura, i appreciate it? >> you get mad when i could that. >> bill: if you get a call during the segment. >> i have it on vibrate you get so mad. i don't know why you would get mad at that. >> bill: why would i get upset. >> three warnings before the segment turn off your cell phone, ingraham i have been warned five times it's off. >> bill: what did you think. >> i was amazed he came on. i have always liked him. i'm a big fan of his. he has incredible knowledge of sports. i love listening to him and football games. you know, he he is terrific. i tend to think that football and baseball and sports in general is one of the last bass bassians of politics-free environment. i'm a big football fan. i was cheering for alabama this weekend. we love rg in washington. but i don't really need to hear the politics in the football. obviously i'm a big, you know, second amendment person. i mean, i have am
joining us now from washington to analyze both situations ms. laura ingraham. >> i have to put down my cell phone, hold on, go ahead. >> bill: thank you, ms. laura, i appreciate it? >> you get mad when i could that. >> bill: if you get a call during the segment. >> i have it on vibrate you get so mad. i don't know why you would get mad at that. >> bill: why would i get upset. >> three warnings before the segment turn off your cell phone, ingraham i have...
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the 10th state was washington. the state of washington. washington is not a right-to-work state or a freedom to work state but it doesn't tax individual income nor does it tax corporate income. and so they have been able to perform at a very high level because of giving people those freedoms. >> went on to say that the 10 worst performing states in the country in the last 20 years none of them were right-to-work states all of them taxed individual income and corporate income. let's bring in our panel there. tucker carlson editor of the daily caller.com. a.b. stoddard associate editor of the hill and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. charls? >> look. this is an adjustment to reality. the fact is that, you know, in the glory days the 40s, 50s, 60's. the uaw was able to give its workers the hayest wages benefits in the world. that was because of an anomaly that we were only industrial country that came out of second world war intact. europe was on its knees. germany and japan were rubble so we thought that was the natural order of thi
the 10th state was washington. the state of washington. washington is not a right-to-work state or a freedom to work state but it doesn't tax individual income nor does it tax corporate income. and so they have been able to perform at a very high level because of giving people those freedoms. >> went on to say that the 10 worst performing states in the country in the last 20 years none of them were right-to-work states all of them taxed individual income and corporate income. let's bring...
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join us from washington. juan, i think this kind of garbage is completely out of hand. am i overreacting? >> no. in fact, i would say that you're understating the case. let me tell you something. right now the provocators, and i agree with some of the things whitlock said about gun control, but he got in trouble for comments when he made racial comments about jeremy lin, the new york knicks and now houston rockets basketball player who is asian-american. when he he starts to talk about you in these terms, you know, this is in line with ma marginalizing what you had to say which was a totally legitimate comment about the white establishment going into lower numbers because of the rise in terms of blacks and hispanics. now he wants to make you out to be master of some big house. how ridiculous. let me tell you something. if he's asked to be on your show, the most popular show on cable tv, he should have regarded it as an honor and opportunity to have platform to speak out as a free black man. he's somehow twisted this in an attempt to make it racial, to make you into a ba
join us from washington. juan, i think this kind of garbage is completely out of hand. am i overreacting? >> no. in fact, i would say that you're understating the case. let me tell you something. right now the provocators, and i agree with some of the things whitlock said about gun control, but he got in trouble for comments when he made racial comments about jeremy lin, the new york knicks and now houston rockets basketball player who is asian-american. when he he starts to talk about...
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can washington hammer out a deal before it's too late. the american people should be outraged at this because it is disgraceful. it is purposely misleading. >> shocking developments at the state department. the four officials supposedly out of their jobs after the benghazi terror attack reportedly still on the government payroll. how can that be? [chanting] protect the constitution. >> the liberal "new york times" says last month's election significantly weakened the tea party. is that true? we will have a debate. chanting] >> u.s.a. >> caution, you where to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> i'm greg gutfeld in for bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us. our top story tonight, the last ditch effort to avert the fiscal cliff. president obama met with congressional leaders for several hours at the white house today to try to hammer out a deal before taxes go up on more than 160 million americans. after the meeting, the president presented a new plan to avoid the cliff and said he was modestly optimistic. >> we had a con
can washington hammer out a deal before it's too late. the american people should be outraged at this because it is disgraceful. it is purposely misleading. >> shocking developments at the state department. the four officials supposedly out of their jobs after the benghazi terror attack reportedly still on the government payroll. how can that be? [chanting] protect the constitution. >> the liberal "new york times" says last month's election significantly weakened the tea...
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james is live in washington, dc. james? >> sources close to the issue say the national rifle association that has been silent since newtown from respect of the mourning will "push back against the vocal gun control lobby." industry sources say the n.r.a. will broaden the discussion to include hollywood and the gaming industry and the group will challenge the effort underway to restore the ban on assault weapons that existed from 1994 to 2004. gun advocates point out the columbine massacre carried out with assault weapons, occurred in the middle of the ban's life span. >> if you look at the data here, we ban this one time in 1994. if you look at the natural insurance institute of justice study on the ban, and the university study from the university of california berkeley, not pro gun right thought, there was no impact on lowering homicide right and no impact on lowering mass murders and no impact on the number of bullet as victim was shot with. >>reporter: senator feinstein, a democrat, says the first day of the next congre
james is live in washington, dc. james? >> sources close to the issue say the national rifle association that has been silent since newtown from respect of the mourning will "push back against the vocal gun control lobby." industry sources say the n.r.a. will broaden the discussion to include hollywood and the gaming industry and the group will challenge the effort underway to restore the ban on assault weapons that existed from 1994 to 2004. gun advocates point out the...
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doug luzader has the brand new fox poll from washington. good morning. >> good morning. the clock isic itting. will there be an agreement. 51 percent of registered voters in the fox news poll say there will be an agreement between the president and congress to avert the fiscal cliff before the end of the year. a tiny majority. start with the white house position that taxes on wealthy must go up and republicans plan to give tax breaks just won't fly. here is jay carney. >> it is not a plausible position as jason fuhrman made clear to you last week to say we can somehow magically achieve significant revenue p on the order that we need for that balance reduction package simply by closing loopholes they will not name or capping deductions they will not specify sometime in the future. that is -- those magic beans are just beans. that fair redust is just dust. it isn't. >>> here's what the fox news polls show us. can raising taxes on the wealthy solve the nation's budget problems. 33 percent say yes 61 percent say no cuts are also necessary. that would back house speaker's joh
doug luzader has the brand new fox poll from washington. good morning. >> good morning. the clock isic itting. will there be an agreement. 51 percent of registered voters in the fox news poll say there will be an agreement between the president and congress to avert the fiscal cliff before the end of the year. a tiny majority. start with the white house position that taxes on wealthy must go up and republicans plan to give tax breaks just won't fly. here is jay carney. >> it is not...
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he is going to come back from washington where not much has changed. as far as congress is concerned the senate will be meeting today. interesting little tidbit this is the first time since 19170 there have been legislative business conducted in the weeks of between christmas and new years. we will see some activity on hap t capitol hill. there may be a stopgap measure to try to prevent the calamity that happens at the end of the year if we reach the fiscal cliff. if we do not have some kind of a compromise. here's what's going to happen. just about everybody is going to have a tax increase. the number goes up significantly with incomes. if you are talking 200 to 500,000 in income almost 14,000 dollars in tax hikes. the wealthiest americans people that make a million dollars or more will pay an average of 216,000 dollars in additional tax that is money that would otherwise be spent to help boost the economy or invest it. this is a real concern for economists. the other wrench that was thrown in treasury secretary tim geithner says we are going to be up
he is going to come back from washington where not much has changed. as far as congress is concerned the senate will be meeting today. interesting little tidbit this is the first time since 19170 there have been legislative business conducted in the weeks of between christmas and new years. we will see some activity on hap t capitol hill. there may be a stopgap measure to try to prevent the calamity that happens at the end of the year if we reach the fiscal cliff. if we do not have some kind of...
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it's all the things about washington that everybody can't stand. and now they are negotiating in public. if i wish they would start negotiating in private. but to sit down like two adult and work this out. i think both sides are close. what i understand, both sides are close. the fact that boehner has moved on from know tax hikes on anybody to suddenly agreeing on tk hikes for somebody is a big step. the fact that the president has agreed on several pernlding initiatives that he didn't want to agree on. that's a pretty big deal. stop the growth of social security at the rate it's growing at, using inflationary measures. they believe it will eventually cut real benefits for seniors as they keep getting older. that's something the base is not happy with. but obama seems to be floating. both sides have compromise. they need to keep that eight. stop with the press conference, stop with the throwing on the table who is bigger. and they need to come to the table and do this. for lack of a better word. it's getting close to christmas. megyn: i don't want
it's all the things about washington that everybody can't stand. and now they are negotiating in public. if i wish they would start negotiating in private. but to sit down like two adult and work this out. i think both sides are close. what i understand, both sides are close. the fact that boehner has moved on from know tax hikes on anybody to suddenly agreeing on tk hikes for somebody is a big step. the fact that the president has agreed on several pernlding initiatives that he didn't want to...
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here are our spies in washington. kyle and james rosen. i asked you yesterday to find out what general petraeus and his paramore are doing after the fact. let's start with general petraeus. >> good evening. general petraeus, according to people i talked to, is gone to ground. he's hanging out at his northern virginia home, chiefly trying to repair his badly damaged marriage, which is set to be rough sledding for him at this point. he's communicating with the outside world through only a handful of people. he's cloysered around himself, interestingly, the people who were close to him during his iraq days, which predated the broadwell affair and he has jetsonned most of those close to him in the afghanistan period, which is when the affair happened. he has hired the super lawyer, bob barnett of williamton comely here in washington, known cleavely for negotiating multi million dollar book deals. i spoke with bob barnett yesterday. he told me that general petraeus has no plans to write a book at this time. that suggests petraeus considers that
here are our spies in washington. kyle and james rosen. i asked you yesterday to find out what general petraeus and his paramore are doing after the fact. let's start with general petraeus. >> good evening. general petraeus, according to people i talked to, is gone to ground. he's hanging out at his northern virginia home, chiefly trying to repair his badly damaged marriage, which is set to be rough sledding for him at this point. he's communicating with the outside world through only a...
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the meantime, want to turn to washington, d.c. and the latest news there as we get more fallout from the deadly consulate attack in libya. there are conflicting reports on whether secretary of state clinton will actually testify to a house committee on that ambush that killed four americans including our ambassador. secretary of state clinton was expected to face the house foreign affairs committee next week, but now the state department is saying maybe not. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live in washington with more details. >> reporter: good morning. really three key developments this morning, the republican chair of the house intelligence committee has said he believes there was, quote, gross negligence on behalf of the state department for failing to adequately protect the ambassador. as we first reported here on fox, there was an emergency meeting in benghazi, and at that meeting they sent a cable warning hillary clinton's office in washington that they could not withstand a coordinated attack and that
the meantime, want to turn to washington, d.c. and the latest news there as we get more fallout from the deadly consulate attack in libya. there are conflicting reports on whether secretary of state clinton will actually testify to a house committee on that ambush that killed four americans including our ambassador. secretary of state clinton was expected to face the house foreign affairs committee next week, but now the state department is saying maybe not. chief intelligence correspondent...
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doocy standing by in washington. hello, pete. >> dave: hello peter. >> hello juliet, dave and clayton. we have been told about meetings about ways to avoid the fiscal cliff. not sure how they are going to hammer out details in the house. the principle negotiators. the leadership from both parties could be brought in later in the day. president obama has said, he said yesterday that if those leaders and those congressional negotiators cannot figure out how to compromise, then is he going to tell the senate just to vote anyways because he thinks with an up or down vote, senators with a support the plan that is already out there. the main hold up with the deal so far has been a fight over who should be classified as rich. democrats want to start letting tax cuts expire for anyone making more than $250,000. many republicans though want that number to go up to at least $400,000 a year. they think that's a better threshold. but, still, the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell thinks things are heading in the right direct
doocy standing by in washington. hello, pete. >> dave: hello peter. >> hello juliet, dave and clayton. we have been told about meetings about ways to avoid the fiscal cliff. not sure how they are going to hammer out details in the house. the principle negotiators. the leadership from both parties could be brought in later in the day. president obama has said, he said yesterday that if those leaders and those congressional negotiators cannot figure out how to compromise, then is he...
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. >> the photo took a lot of the heat in journalism circles, but back in the 1960's this ran on the washington post and new york times and february 1968, the photo shows the south vietnamese police chief executing a viet cong officer with a single pistol shot to the head. what's the difference? >> well, there's nothing that the photographer could have done to stop that assassination, i think there is a difference between an accident or being in a kocian to rescue someone and covering a political event where you risk having the gun tned on you if you're to save the guy. >> and the photographer and then go back to shooting the guy. >> and journalists should decide ahead of time what they would do, not in every situation, do you save the person or do you, do you take the photo? and that's an interesting question. >> look, the question is, those papers put that story on the front page and had no qualms about what it showed. next on news watch, a big royal announcement. ♪ [ male announcer ] you've reached the age where you don't back down from a challenge. this is the age of knowing how to make t
. >> the photo took a lot of the heat in journalism circles, but back in the 1960's this ran on the washington post and new york times and february 1968, the photo shows the south vietnamese police chief executing a viet cong officer with a single pistol shot to the head. what's the difference? >> well, there's nothing that the photographer could have done to stop that assassination, i think there is a difference between an accident or being in a kocian to rescue someone and...
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and rather than be in washington d.c. in a room working with everybody involved that can make these decisions and push legislation, republicans, democrats, senators, members of house and talking through the knitty gritty, he proposes town and campaigns about it and it's difficult to communicate and talk about things if the president is not in washington to talk. >> dave: especially with roughly two weeks to go before congress recesses on the 14th. always good to have you on, thank you, sir. >> thank you, dave. >> dave: coming up next, for those who wish life was like a music cal. a new site is auctioning the way to propose. is the price tag to pop the question worth it. and take thieves taking packages off people's porches, how to make sure it doesn't happen to you. it happened to me a year ago. ♪ ♪ >> wake up, it's time for your news by the numbers. first, 300 bucks, how much a room is in milford plaza hotel in new york city cost per night. tons of those rooms were left vacant for sandy victims and have gone unused a
and rather than be in washington d.c. in a room working with everybody involved that can make these decisions and push legislation, republicans, democrats, senators, members of house and talking through the knitty gritty, he proposes town and campaigns about it and it's difficult to communicate and talk about things if the president is not in washington to talk. >> dave: especially with roughly two weeks to go before congress recesses on the 14th. always good to have you on, thank you,...
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keep in mind, washington d.c. last year passed the silicon valley as the town now as the highest per capita income in the country. and this is going to add to that and it shows the disconnect between what i call the permanent political class in washington and what's going on in the rest of the country. >> dave: and also interesting the president is talking about tax increases for those making 200 or more, but just below 200 is almost every member of congress. peter schweitzer from stanford university, thanks for being on this morning. >> hey, thanks for having me. >> dave: up next, secrets of brad and angelina's christmas vacation revealed. why everyone is talking about brangelina. and then a look back at the lives and legacies of the icons we lost in 2012, like whitney. ♪ yeah, i want to dance with somebody ♪ ♪ with somebody who ♪ to the best vacation spot on earth. (all) the gulf! it doesn't matter which of our great states folks visit. mississippi, alabam louisiana or florida, they're gonna love it. sha
keep in mind, washington d.c. last year passed the silicon valley as the town now as the highest per capita income in the country. and this is going to add to that and it shows the disconnect between what i call the permanent political class in washington and what's going on in the rest of the country. >> dave: and also interesting the president is talking about tax increases for those making 200 or more, but just below 200 is almost every member of congress. peter schweitzer from...
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i think detroit's problems are deeper than any bailout can solve from washington. they have to tackle this themselves. >> greta: it's terrible what's happened in a lot of cities especially like detroit and it didn't happen just last week. it's really rather tragic that a city that has aloud itself to get in suc dire straits. e erwas the leadership? >> there was a lot of coti, a recall rth with the mor. even though's an election in, tanto do a recall election that will cost millions. g cities have corruption. inet a lot of cotion. there's a lot of, you know, for instance, just one example, the federal governnt tooaway $50 because they cited reckless spending, c neppively. there's an example right there where detroit could have had $50 million hey lost it because they don't a sterling reputation for fiscal management. >> greta: so we reward them because they're corrupt? that sounds like a stupid idea. >> i don't think you can do that. like so many cities, they've -- >> greta: they've got a lot of corruption, it's probably a pretty quick, easy place to start cleaning
i think detroit's problems are deeper than any bailout can solve from washington. they have to tackle this themselves. >> greta: it's terrible what's happened in a lot of cities especially like detroit and it didn't happen just last week. it's really rather tragic that a city that has aloud itself to get in suc dire straits. e erwas the leadership? >> there was a lot of coti, a recall rth with the mor. even though's an election in, tanto do a recall election that will cost millions....